The Federal Government has introduced the use of Atmosfair Save80 Clean Cookstoves, a climate-friendly device that will help in addressing challenges of climate change, including deforestation and reverse environmental degradation in northeast states.
Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Dr Salisu Dahiru, disclosed this during a one-day sensitization program in Maiduguri on Thursday.
The DG noted that the stoves will curtail the use of firewood by 80 percent.
According to him, one of the major causes of deforestation in Nigeria is the widespread use of firewood, which results in the loss of trees and forests, hence the need to involve women to save Nigeria’s ecosystem.
“Women, especially those in rural areas, are very critical to achieving success in the climate change campaigns because of their daily duty of using firewood to cook for the family.
“By embracing save80 clean cookstoves, Nigerians can make a significant contribution to achieving its environmental safety goals while also saving money for sustainable living,” the DG, represented by his special adviser Mahmud Yusuf said.
Also speaking, the Director of Public Sector, Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability Limited, Abdurrahhman Sulaiman Bawa, said the stainless steel clean stove is designed to use 80 percent less fuel and produce 80 percent less pollution than traditional stoves.
“We, together with To be connected Nigeria, collaborated with other partners, went round the six geopolitical zones and sensitizes women on this, and we plan by next year to go round the 36 states and later on, to the 774 LGAs of the country,”
Earlier in his remark, Ambassador Faruk Yabo, Chairman, Advisory Board of Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability Limited, producer of the clean cookstoves, said an MoU was signed between the National Council on Climate Change, Atmosfair Germany, Great Green Wall and National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to ensure that the environmental friendly stove cover the nation to prevent deforestation that encourages afforestation.
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